The suspicious package discovered outside LincolnHealth’s Miles campus in Damariscotta over the weekend was “wood painted to look like a bomb.”
Maine Fire Marshal Joseph Thomas said Monday morning that the “inert device” had “no capabilities to it” upon investigation.
Local police and fire departments received a call just before 1:30 p.m. Sunday about a suspicious package sitting outside the hospital at 35 Miles Street.
The device was sitting on the ground not in a bag. Thomas confirmed that the “fake device was made to look like something more than it was.”
The Maine fire marshal’s office and the Damariscotta Police Department continue to investigate the situation, Thomas said.
Police have yet to identify any suspects, he said.